Everyone who follows Nascar knows by now that Kurt Busch was cited for reckless driving in Phoenix last week. Initially it was said that he was drunk, later accounts stated that he had only one drink and was under the legal limit when tested at the command post. He was tested at the command post because he refused to do a field sobriety test. It was also reported that when he was stopped by the officers he was rude and uncooperative. The worst sin of all? He supposedly said “Do you know who I am?�.
Part of Nascar’s huge popularity is the wholesomeness and and downhome image of it’s drivers. When you tell Nascar fans (like myself) that a driver has a “Do you know who I am� attitude I think that is really going to change the opinions of a lot of his fans. I am willing to bet that unless a whole lot of damage control is done very quickly Kurt Busch will soon become one of the most hated drivers in Nascar.
Posted on November 22nd, 2005 by Nascar News
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Rusty Wallace has officially retired as a Nascar driver. That doesn’t mean that he’s going to disappear, sounds like he has a lot of plans for the future. After the race he was very emotional and shed a few tears. He said “It was a fabulous day. My last race was pretty normal – full of emotion, full of me wondering what I was going to feel like after it was over and wondering what was going to happen. You’re talking 21 years of this stuff, close to 40 years of racing. I knew it was time to stop. There’s a lot of competition out there and I went out on top. I was proud to do it this way.â€?
Rusty Wallace ends his driving career after 706 races with 55 wins, 202 top 5’s and 349 top 10’s. He also finished 8th in the Nextel Cup standings this year which makes it the 17th time he’s finished top 10 in the standings.
Posted on November 21st, 2005 by Nascar News
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Tony Stewart ended the Ford 400 in 15th place which was enough to clinch first place in the Nascar Nextel Cup Championship. Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards tied for second, Greg Biffle won the tiebreaker (he won more races this season) and took second place. Carl Edwards won third. Mark Martin came in fourth. Jimmie Johnson came into the race in second placed and crashed in lap 146 which took him down to fifth place.
Greg Biffle won the Ford 400, the closing race of the 2005 season in Homestead, FL for the second year in a row. It came down to the wire with Greg Biffle and Mark Martin racing to the finish line and Greg Biffle won it by a nose.
Posted on November 20th, 2005 by Nascar News
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Well, it finally happened just as I predicted. On Saturday, Bobby Labonte announced that he will be joining Petty Enterprises and running the 43 car. It sure looks like the Petty team is shaping up to be a contender! They have also signed Robbie Loomis, who was Jeff Gordon’s crew chief for his last championship. Congratulations to everyone involved, I hope this works out well for my favorite team and my favorite driver!
A lot has happened over the last week and my internet has been down so I will be updating this site frequently over the next few days until I get caught up.
Posted on November 16th, 2005 by Nascar News
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